RADiN] MATEEIAL CTJ1.TUEE 109 



Method of wearing the hair. — In former times the men wore their 

 hair in two long braids, although some seem to have affected the 

 Sauk and Fox roach. The scalp along the parting of the hair was 

 always painted, the color varying with individuals. There is no 

 indication of any distinctions in the method of wearing the hair 

 among the various clans as found among the Osage. 



A variety of coiffures exist among the Winnebago women at tlie 

 present day and the assumption that these are all recent is unwar- 

 ranted. It seems probable that in the old days the hair was usually 

 worn in one braid, which on festive occasions was inclosed in a case. 

 This consisted of two parts — a rectangular piece of broadcloth 

 beaded, and long strips of beaded work (pi. 28). 



Earrings and hracelets. — At the present time earrings are fashioned 

 either of 10-cent pieces strung together or of various ornaments of 

 German silver. Strings of beads also are worn occasionally. Brace- 

 lets now are made generally of German silver, while in former times 

 beaded or quillwork buckskin was used. 



Arm hands and necklaces. — ^Arm bands are made either of German 

 silver or beaded work. The necklaces consist of long strings of 

 various articles, as modem wampum, seeds, and elk teeth. 



Belts, as well as cross belts, are now either beaded or woven, but 

 formerly they were always woven from buffalo hair. Shell gorgets 

 are generally of the type shown in plates 22, 24, 26, b. Tight 

 collars are now made of beaded work. Bandoliers consist of Ion? 

 sashes with bags attached; both sash and bag are always gorgeously 

 beaded. The bandoliers are worn in three ways, with the bag hang- 

 ing on the right side, on the left side, or in front. Often the same 

 individual wears two or three bandoliers. Garters are now made 

 of beaded work; formerly these were generally made of the skins of 

 various animals, preferably the polecat (pis. 27, 28, 29, 30, 6). 



Hemldress and taildress. — ^The Winnebago headdress has been weU 

 described by Skinner (op. cit., p. 293), as follows: 



The typical headdress is a roach or comb-like ornament woven from deer's hair and 

 generally dyed red. A carved bone, somewhat like an elongate isosceles triangle in 

 shape, spread out this roach and was attached near the front to another tubular bone 

 in which an eagle feather was inserted. Often the latter was ornamented 'with dyed 

 horse hair and rattlesnake rattles. . . . The whole was fastened on the crown of the 

 head slightly back of the forehead. It was usually pinned to the hair, the scalplock 

 Ber\dng to hold it on. 



A taildress, consisting of the tail of some animal, was woni only 

 at certain dances, particularly the Herucka. 



Hunting 



In their original habitat hunting was the most important means 

 of subsistence of the Winnebago. Practically all game available was 



